Leon bloch



L. BLOCH FOUR-WAY DIVERTER VALVE Original Filed May 27, 1925 July 17, 1928.

, Mal/Z44 a ATTORNEYS to a cold water supply.

Reissued July 17, 1928.

UNITED STATES- LEON BLOCK, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOB TO THE REPUBLIC BRASS comm, OI

PATENT OFFICE.

CLEVELAND, OH IO, A CORPORATION OI OHIO.

FOUR-WAY nivna'rnn. vaLvn.

Original No. 1,99,508, dated April 6, 1926, serial No. 38,137, filed Kay 27, 1925. Application for reimlo filed October 19,1826. Serial No. 142,740.

a valve which will serve as a diverter valve,

that is to say a device that can be used in connection with inlet valves (not shown) to deliver to the tub or shower the water at any desired temperature, either all hot, all cold or mixed and modified. 1

3 Another object of the invention is to provide a valve of this character which will be of simple and economical constructlon and in which the parts can be readily replaced or repaired, if necessary,

With these ob 'ects in view and certain others which will become apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consists in the novel features of construction and in the manner of combining or arranging the same all. of which will be fully described hereinafter and set forth in the appended claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Fig.1 is a sectional view of a valve'constructed in accordance with my 1nvention and illustrating the manner of arranging the same; Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 22 of Flg. 1 and looking in the direction of the arrows; and Fig. 3 1s a detail sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1 and looking in the direction of the arrow.

In the practical embodiment of my invention I employ a valve casing A having an outlet B at one side and an outlet C at the op osite side, one of the outlets leading to a s ower and the other outlet being adapted to be connected toa bath tub, an inlet D adapted to be attached to -a hot water sup- -ply and an inlet E adapted to be attached The casing 15 divided into two com artments by means of partitions F and and these partitions form in effect an inlet chamber into which the hot and cold water are delivered. The casing is also formed with a tubular extension or housing H which is adapted to extend into the opening I produced in the wall or tiling K.

The partition F has an opening F, the ed es of which are finished to provide a va ve seat for the valve L carried at the end of the stem L and provided at its outer end with the 0 rating handle L The stem L of the va Va is provided. with threads L which engage the threads M of a sleeve M screwed into the housing H and into the threaded opening G produced in the partitlon G.

The tubular extension or housing H is sl1ghtly enlarged at H in order to provide an annular space between the inner end of the sleeve M and the lateral extension of the valve casing and the extreme inner end of the sleeve M is finished to provide the valve seat M upon which the valve L can seat when said valve is shifted from the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2. 1

The sleeve M is provided with ports M which establish communication between the interior of the sleeve and the enlarged portion H of the housing, which housing communicates-through the connection B with a shower outlet (not shown); it being understood that water from the inlets D and E asses through the opening in the valve seat in the sleeve M, when the valve L is moved to the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and thence through the ports-,M into the enlarged portion of the housing and thenceout the connection B.

'The joint between the casing extension H and the sleeve M is suitablthe outer end of the sleeve M is a gland N. Screwing into this gland N is a sleeve 0 threaded externally to receive a cap P which casing having inlets for the hot and cold water and outlets for the tub and shower and by moving the valve to seat in the openpacked, and surrounding the stem L an screwing into ing in the partition F the outlet C will be w cut off and the outlet B will be opened allowin the water to ass to the shower and by shifting the position of the valve the outlet B will be closed and the outlet C will be opened allowing the water to pass to the tub,

it being understood of course that the supply of hot and cold water to the valve is controlled by separate valves in the hot and cold water pipes (notshown).

The valve is exceedingly simple consistit i'utcheon also the opening in the wall or U my invention may i of the I and; lateral extension alle eve arranged 51min, one valve seat being at the inner end of the sleeve and the other valve seat in'the partition the cas I v r i meansiof'the packings arranged as deall danger of leakage is avoided and the construction of the valve also lends itself to the femglo ent of the concealing esw ich iiot'only conceals the "valve which the same ls arranged.

thus be seen that I eeedingly simple and economical form of a II valve and particularly adapted for use in 5 connection with tub and shower fixtures for providing the proper mixing'of the hot and iitii d r '1" in "If ermoeso apym e rmcipeo be em loyed instead of the one explained, change being made as regards the mechanism herein disclosed, rovided the means stated by any of the fol owing claims or the equivalent of such stated mean be employed, a

I therefore particularly point out and dis- 1 tinctl claim as my invention 1. a valv the combination. of a casing having two etand two outlet 0 nings disposedj'in the same plane and sai out-let openings being disposed on opposite sides of said casing, two spaced interior partitions in said casing defining a diverter chamber separated from said outlet openings but in communication with said inlet openings, said 7 partition having aligned ports therein, and saidcasing having an larpassages extendfrom said ahgne ports to said outlet 0 res port establishing communication between one T of said angular pass and said diverter chamber, anda valve i osed between said aligned rts and mov le into a position closing either'thereof to. divert the flow of liquid through the other of said ports.

provide an ex- 'vely -a hollowsleeve dis- ,1 in mi casing and having a lateral I 2. In a valve, the combination of a. casing having a' lateral extension, said casing having two inlet and two outlet: openings disposed in the same plane and said outlet openings being disposed on opposite sides of said'casing, two spaced interior partitions in said casing defining a. diverter chamber separated }from said outlet openings but in communication with said inlet openings, said partitions having aligned ports therein, and a passages and said diverter chamber, and'i'i valve disposed between said aligned ports and movable into a-position closing'either thereof to divert the flow the other of said ports. .a I

3. In avalve, the combination of'a casing having two inlet and two outlet openings ports to said outlets of liquid through I disposed in the same plane, the two outlet openings being disposed inop'posite sides of said casing, two. spaced interior partitions in said casing defining a diverter chamber separated from said outlet openings but in communication with said inlet openings, said partitions havingvaligned ports therein, and said "casin having spaced substantially parallel angu arly arranged passages extending from said, aligned ports to said outlets rc-' spectively, ahollow sleeve disposed in said casingand having a lateral port establishing communication between one of said angular passages and said diverter chamber, anda valve disposed between'said aligned ports and movable into a position closing either:

thereof to divert the flow of liquid-through the other of said ports. 1 a Signed by me, this 11th day of October, 1926. I

LEONBLOCH. 

